'Extraordinary' New HPV Vaccine To Get High School Rollout Across Australia

The vaccine will be available from 2018.

Thousands of Australian high school students will have access to a new version of the vaccine that protects against several deadly cancers, including almost all cervical cancers.

The new and improved Gardisil 9 vaccine, which is said to prevent almost 90 per cent of cervical cancers, will be rolled out across Australian high schools in 2018, the federal government announced on Sunday.

The government said the new Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine would be offered through school based immunisation programs to all 12 to 13 year old boys and girls in years 7 or 8.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said the new jab was an "extraordinary development".

"Gardasil nine ... is a new evolution of the Gardasil vaccine which will protect against additional strains of the Human Papillomavirus, making it even more effective, providing even more protection for young Australians," Turnbull told reporters in Sydney.